The Amp energy drinks are a part of the mega sale promotion. In my area, they are $.99 after the instant $5 comes off. There is a catalina promotion where you get a $10 Kroger gift card when you buy 10 Amp energy drinks. So, I bought ten and got a $10 gift card back!

Trip #3: Target

Target has these sippy cups that are ringing up at $1.62-$1.87. The “boy” cups have sports balls or cars and the “girl” cups I have found have tea cups and houses. These are NOT marked and are on the shelves with tags that say that they are $6.99. They have straws and say “Twist ‘n Click” on them. Only the printed cups/double packs work. The solid colors do not work. Check the price at a scanner before buying them. The UPC# is 0 78300 05857 1. This is an awesome deal if you can find them! (at my store they have restocked them!)

In addition to the coupons I used, $20 was taken off for the Mega Sale (there is no limit on transactions!) My total OOP = 28.84 (Total savings = $89.82/75%). $5.91 of this was for household/toiletries (Kleenex, Stayfree, Dixie plates, etc.) which I do not count toward my grocery budget. I also received a $1 OYNO catalina for buying the Kleenex (reportedly, you receive 1 for every 4 Kleenex you buy).

Total spent on groceries for the week = $39.26 (I still have my $10 gift card and $1 OYNO catalina if I decide I want to buy more this week).

I just ran to the closest target and not a single one, girls or boys…I haven't seen this posted on SD so I guess someone figured it out! Dang! My kids love those cups but tend to chew the straws up. I was gonna stock up at $1 a cup!

Jenna ~ Don't feel bad – getting the hang of things takes time! I think it took me about an hour yesterday morning to get my scenarios planned out and coupons together and this is actually the first time when I've done a big purchase like this where something didn't go wrong and I didn't have to go to customer service to try to fix it!